IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH111003
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH111-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69702
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 7.5 mi. W and 3.5 mi. S of Woodsfield. of of Sec. 2 in Franklin Twp. 3.9 mi. E of Monroe 16 and ST.Rt. 145 junction. 0.1 mi. W of eastern junction of Monroe 16 and Monroe 12. Carl Drake farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel, kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone + shale; Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    22

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    271.3

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011606
    BE1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011607. Slight tonguing of the Ap into this horizon.
    BE2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011608
    BE3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011609
    B1—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011610
    B2—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011611
    B3—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine prominent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011612
    B4—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine and medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine and medium prominent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011613
    BC—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); 5Y 5/ (5Y 5/), Error; massive; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011614. This horizon appears to be weathered from limestone.
    C1—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; massive; 11 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011615. Partly weathered limestone layer.
    C2—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; massive; 11 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011616. Partly weathered limestone layer.
    C3—150 to 196 centimeters (59.1 to 77.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 33 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0011617. Appears to be weathered from shale. Bucket auger sample.
    R—196 to 201 centimeters (77.2 to 79.1 inches); fragments. Another limestone layer was encountered. Not sampled.